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Bitch Slap

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When somebody wants to humiliate or show someone else who's the boss, they give them a bitch slap. Someone being cheeky? Slap! A snarker failed to sneak a jab past their target? Slap! Someone is pissed and wants total ownage of their enemy? Slap! A villain is gloating and sending him a message with a fist is too unsophisticated? SLAP!!! As one can tell, this is the one slap that people do not want to be on the receiving end of, because it hurts their ego/feelings far more than anything. Most of the time it's done with the palm of one's hand, but it can also be done with the back of one's hand (which is called a "pimp slap").
This is often a favorite move done by villains and cocky fighters to disgrace others. It gets less awesome and more creepy if the villain does it to a bound victim, especially if there are sexual undertones. On the flipside, The Hero will most likely deliver one if they are royally pissed and want to bring the villain or resident Jerkass down a notch. Trolls and other pranksters will just do it for shits 'n giggles.
More often than not, however, this is Played for Drama. Usually one of the characters is way more powerful than the other; not in terms of superpowers or physical strength but in actual power (a top politician, businessman, crime lord, parent, etc.), and the slap highlights it. Either of the characters is speaking ill, or perhaps even insulting, the other, and then the slap silences the speech. For at least a moment, everyone will be shocked and fall into Stunned Silence. If there was a soundtrack, it will halt as well. The meaning depends of the power comparison: if the slap is made by the weaker character it works like a Defiant Stone Throw; if it is made by the stronger one it works like a Kick the Dog moment.
Expect a lot of hype when someone successfully pulls it off at the right moment. Even more so if a weaker person managed to bitch-slap someone who is above them in terms of power as they just slapped Cthulhu in the face, regardless if they live to tell the tale or not. But on the other hand, it can be an utterly disrespectful move when it's done to the undeserving as it's a degrading action.
Compare/Contrast to Dope Slap when the victim is being a moron, ditz or just plain silly and gets a slap to the back of the head to reel them in, and Zen Slap, when a Zen master does this to their disciple for the purpose of enlightening them. Compare Get A Hold Of Yourself Man, when the slap is used to put an halt to some chaotic behavior.

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Actor Arnaldo André did this frequently in the telenovela "Amo y Señor". He continued with this act in later telenovelas, but declined it when society changed and public awareness of the unfortunate implications are more widely acknowledged by the public.
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"Something About Yoshi's Island" has Yoshi slap Baby Bowser, spank him, and then throw him out a window.
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Cersei slaps Joffrey after he mentions some "rumors" (they are true) about her and her twin brother's ''very close'' relationship. He reminds her that striking a king is a capital offense.
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"Something About Super Mario All-Stars" has Bowser show up in Peach's room after Mario has already left, but Luigi suddenly warps back in with his Time Machine to slap him instead.
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In the TV series The Unholy Alliance, Wai Lui does this to one of his men when he finds out that he's behind the op to steal drugs from the coffers of Ling Hung, the most powerful woman in her Triad group in Hong Kong. He also left him at the mercy of his men.
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In "Something About Smash Bros World of Light", Mario and Yoshi slap Bowser back and forth after Samus cuts off his growth to eclipse the galaxy. The last slap turns him into Dry Bowser.
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Luke Cage is more than capable of knocking a man unconscious when he does this.
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Alice uses People Puppets traps to make it seem as if she's teleporting around Dinoponera and then slaps her to the floor before declaring she'll kill anyone who threatens her life or gets in the way of the truth behind her mother's death. Dinoponera was practically unfazed and unhurt by most other attacks up to this point.
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Subverted in "Melee Fox VS Speedrunner Mario", where Mario tries to backhand Fox, but he dodges it.
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In the anime, after Frieza kills Krillin and angers Goku enough to turn Super Saiyan, a sequence during the latter half of the fight involves Goku delivering a string of these consecutively! Since Goku wants to break Freeza mentally and manages to do so to the point where he is far less sane after he was revived by the Dragon Balls, it's safe to say it got the job done.
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A Running Gag in the Something About series is the heroes (with one exception) slapping their opponents — with Bowser being a frequent target — silly:
"Something About Yoshi's Island" has Yoshi slap Baby Bowser, spank him, and then throw him out a window.
In "Something About Kirby Super Star", Kirbo slaps the sun and moon and scolds them for fighting.
In "Something About Super Mario 64", Mario slaps Bowser hard enough to outright paralyze him.
In "Something About Super Mario World", Mario backhand slaps Bowser so hard it actually leaves Bowser's eyes bloodshot and echoes pretty loudly.
In "Something About Smash Bros World of Light", Mario and Yoshi slap Bowser back and forth after Samus cuts off his growth to eclipse the galaxy. The last slap turns him into Dry Bowser.
"Something About Kirby's Adventure" has Kirbo defeat Mr. Shine, Kracko, and King Dedede by slapping them.
Subverted in "Melee Fox VS Speedrunner Mario", where Mario tries to backhand Fox, but he dodges it.
In "Something About Super Metroid," Mother Brain kills the Baby Metroid by slapping it. Samus didn't like that and kills her with a Hyper Beam.
In "Something About Mega Man X," Vile slaps X with his Ride Armor.
"Something About Yoshi's Story" has the entire Yoshi Clan slap Baby Bowser after he shatters the Super Happy Tree, reducing him to a puddle.
"Something About Super Mario All-Stars" has Bowser show up in Peach's room after Mario has already left, but Luigi suddenly warps back in with his Time Machine to slap him instead.
In "Something About Smash Bros The Subspace Emissary," in the recreation of the Super Mario All-Stars segment after Bowser is dunked into the lava, Mario dives in to deliver several of these to him. And later on after Tabuu shoots the Great Fox with his Eye Beam in retaliation to its laser, Peppy gives Fox a Dope Slap.
In "Something About Kirby 64," Kirbo slaps Ribbon's hand so hard that he launches her into the Sun. In addition, he destroys a green Pix by slapping it during his rampage in the pyramid.
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